Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 267 - 259: Understanding the Situation

Chapter 267: Chapter 259: Understanding the Situation

"Grandpa, when we get back, I’ll help Grandma as well, and we can start cultivating our spiritual power together. Then, strike while the iron is hot—tonight, you can take a medicinal bath directly.

During the bath, if you practice spiritual power cultivation, the effect will be especially good. Besides Luoluo, everyone else might as well take the medicinal bath tonight too. Shitou and I will keep an eye on things just in case,"

Lu Yun had a reason for suggesting this—the chairman and his wife had already arranged to start their medicinal baths tomorrow night. For the first time, to be on the safe side, Shitou and she would definitely need to be there to watch over them.

"But isn’t tonight your birthday banquet? You didn’t sleep all of last night either, and if you stay up with us tonight and have to tend to the chairman tomorrow night, won’t that mean you won’t get a proper rest for several days in a row? It’s not appropriate; we can postpone our family’s bath for a few more nights."

Pei Qingyuan thought for a moment but then shook his head.

"It’s okay. Grandpa, once you start to cultivate spiritual power on your own, you’ll realize that completing one cycle of spiritual power cultivation is more restorative than a full night’s sleep. Putting it off, who knows how long it will take," Shitou said with a smile through the rearview mirror, speaking to Pei Qingyuan.

"Really?"

When Pei Qingyuan saw Shitou nod, he pondered for a while longer. Considering the tight schedule ahead, they really couldn’t afford any delay.

"Alright then." In the end, he nodded in agreement.

They quickly returned to the Pei Family home, where only Zhang Min and Ding Luoluo were present.

Upon hearing she wouldn’t be able to join the medicinal bath with everyone that evening, Ding Luoluo, already feeling down about lacking the Psychic Power Talent, couldn’t help but ask, "Are pregnant women not allowed to take the medicinal bath?"

"No, that’s not it. If the pregnancy isn’t too far along, it’s perfectly fine for a pregnant woman to take the medicinal bath. But you’ll be giving birth in just over a month, and there’s no way you can complete the sixty-day treatment. Even a single day’s delay means all previous efforts will be wasted, and you’ll have to start all over again,"

Once Lu Yun explained it, Zhang Min, and Pei Qingyuan both nodded understandingly.

"Since the medicinal bath isn’t harmful to pregnant women, can’t I take it during postpartum confinement?" Ding Luoluo still wasn’t ready to give up. Apparently, the medicinal bath was a painful process, and if she could share that with Pei Kun, that would be ideal.

"No, you must wait at least for a month after giving birth."

Lu Yun shook her head. Postpartum lochia had to be cleared before taking a medicinal bath, and seeing Ding Luoluo’s disappointed expression, she couldn’t help but add, "However, taking it a month after giving birth will be the most beneficial for recovering your figure."

"Really?" Ding Luoluo asked, surprised.

"Really," Lu Yun reassured her without a change in expression.

It actually wasn’t "deception" to say so. After all, a completed medicinal bath could turn grey hair back to black and reverse aging in the human body. If an overweight person’s figure couldn’t return to normal during this process, it would mean the medicine hadn’t truly taken effect...

The reason she told Ding Luoluo this was to lift her spirits because she could see Luoluo was unhappy—it was meant to make her feel a little better.

"Then I’ll just wait," Ding Luoluo decided.

Ding Luoluo happily said, knowing that a woman’s figure can easily go out of shape after giving birth. Some people who were originally thin would gain a lot and never manage to slim back down. She was actually worried about it as well.

So when she heard about Lu Yun’s medicine bath, which was said to strengthen the body and improve health, and that it could solve this problem, she immediately felt relieved. She thought even if the medicine bath was excruciating, if she had to endure it alone, she could bear it.

Zhang Min and Pei Qingyuan both smiled at this.

For the sake of keeping a secret, they had no intention of telling Ding Luoluo the true effect of the medicine bath just yet, and the same went for Pei Shaohua and Pei Kun.

"Luoluo, the four of us have some matters to discuss. If we haven’t come out by lunchtime, don’t call us. Also, give Auntie Jin a heads-up," Zhang Min instructed Ding Luoluo before she went upstairs with Pei Qingyuan, Shitou, and Lu Yun.

Ding Luoluo nodded, "Alright, Grandma, I will tell Auntie Jin."

She had no intention of inquiring about the specifics of what the four had to discuss. Having been in this household for a long time, she knew very well when and what she could ask about, and when she couldn’t even utter a single question.

Moreover, even the conversations she did overhear in the house, the ones she was allowed to hear, she would never leak to her own family or outsiders. She was aware that even though some things might not be secrets to her, they could become quite different once they reached the ears of others.

It was precisely because of Ding Luoluo’s discretion, prudence, good sense, and understanding of the bigger picture that the Pei Family liked her very much. Normally, for matters that were not highly confidential, Zhang Min and Pei Qingyuan wouldn’t deliberately avoid her when discussing them.

The study.

Having already known that Zhang Min was aware of the Space Stone’s existence, Lu Yun did not avoid her. She took out four meditation cushions and guided both Zhang Min and Pei Qingyuan to begin their psychic power cultivation, with she and Shitou each taking responsibility for one of them.

The efficiency of having a guide was incomparable to fumbling through the process alone.

After guiding the two through a complete cycle of psychic power cultivation, Lu Yun and Shitou observed that they were able to start cultivating on their own and saw no major problems, so they began cultivating themselves.

However, keeping in mind that this was the first time for the two, Lu Yun and Shitou didn’t dare to cultivate for long and stopped after one cycle, opening their eyes to see that Pei Qingyuan and Zhang Min were still cultivating.

Seeing that they were both without any issues, Lu Yun set up a psychic power shield around herself and Shitou.

"Do you want to say something?" Shitou knew immediately upon looking at Lu Yun that she had something to discuss.

"Yes, I made a proposal to Dad and Mom yesterday, and I need to discuss it with you too," Lu Yun nodded and shared the conversation she had had with Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan the previous night with Shitou.

"I thought it was something serious. Those shares were meant for you anyway. You have full autonomy to decide on that, you don’t really need to tell me," Shitou said with a chuckle, naturally referring to Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan by their first names since their engagement.

"To be honest, using only the Lu Group’s shares as a dowry, I really feel it’s too slight. As for other dowries, you shouldn’t let Dad and Mom convert it into cash or assets. Wouldn’t that hurt the Lu Group if we were to cash it all out?"

"You think I want that? But you know Dad and Mom too," Lu Yun pouted in frustration, "If I hadn’t put it so strongly yesterday, they wouldn’t have changed their minds so easily. You’ll see, my dowry is probably going to be worth far more than the cash those shares of yours could fetch. In their eyes, that’s all already ours and shouldn’t count towards my dowry."